When Zombies Invade Linux: What are Zombie Processes and What to do about them
Zombies don't just appear in scary movies anymore, sometimes they also appear on your Linux systems; but don't fret they are mostly harmless. What is a Zombie Process? Before we get started I wanted to first cover what exactly a Zombie process is. Linux and Unix both have the ability for a process to create a sub process otherwise known as a “Child Process”. Once a process creates a new sub process the first process then becomes a “Parent Process” as it has spawned a child process during its execution....